Reconsidering Boccaccio

Reconsidering Boccaccio
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9781487501785
ISBN-13 : 1487501781
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Download or read book Reconsidering Boccaccio written by Olivia Holmes and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsidering Boccaccio explores the exceptional social, geographic, and intellectual range of the Florentine writer Giovanni Boccaccio, his dialogue with voices and traditions that surrounded him, and the way that his legacy illuminates the interconnectivity of numerous cultural networks.


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